Episode 13: Beginning to mine the correspondence files

Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast

English - March 09, 2021 14:40 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB
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This week, Kate is once again joined by Jim Gerencser to begin to explore the incoming correspondece files from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In this episode we are focusing on the difficulties the school's founder, Richard Henry Pratt, had in obtaining needed supplies and funds as the school opened.

Show notes for this episode: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/3/9/episode-13